#4E501D#4E501D

#4E501D is a dark, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.074; OKLCH L 41.8% C 0.072 H 111.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E501D
RGB	rgb(78, 80, 29)
HSL	hsl(62, 47%, 21%)
HSV	hsv(62, 64%, 31%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.5%, 0%, 63.7%, 68.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.80, -8.72, 29.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.80, 30.37, 106.70°)
OKLab	oklab(41.77% -0.026 0.0671)
OKLCH	oklch(41.77% 0.072 111.2)
XYZ	xyz(6.2325, 7.4459, 2.2710)
Luminance	0.0745 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E501D #1F1D50

analogous

#50391D #4E501D #35501D

triadic

#4E501D #1D4E50 #501D4E

tetradic

#4E501D #1D5039 #1F1D50 #501D35

square

#4E501D #1D5039 #1F1D50 #501D35

split-complementary

#4E501D #1D3550 #391D50

monochromatic

#161608 #22230D #4E501D #7A7D2D #A6AA3E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.44

#4E501D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.49

#4E501D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E501D

8.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E501D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E501D	1.00	8.44	2.49	8.44
#FFFFFF	8.44	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.49	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.44	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#564C17

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#574E20

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#534B45

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4D4D4D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e501d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 80, 29);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.8% 0.072 111.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81815b',
    500: '#4e501d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e501d;
$custom-light: #81815b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e501d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 80,
    "b": 29
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 62.353,
    "s": 46.789,
    "l": 21.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.41768,
    "c": 0.07193,
    "h": 111.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.07446
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E501D

secondary

#464485

accent

#51D657

background

#F8F7F5

surface

#EFEEE9

border

#CAC9C5

text

#0A0A04

muted

#7C7C79

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E501D

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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